Virtual keyboard
The navigator.virtualKeyboard API inspects and controls on-screen virtual keyboards. You can use it to programmatically hide or show a virtual keyboard or respond to the keyboard disappearing or appearing.
Status
Limited availability
MDN documentation
Specifications
- VirtualKeyboard API, from Web Editing Working Group (W3C).
Browser support
- Chrome 94 Released on 2021-09-21
- Chrome Android 94 Released on 2021-09-21
- Edge 94 Released on 2021-09-24
- Firefox ❌ See bugzil.la/1730568 Vendor position : unknown
- Firefox for Android ❌ See bugzil.la/1730568 Vendor position : unknown
- Safari ❌ See webkit.org/b/230225 Vendor position : unknown (concerns: device independence)
- Safari on iOS ❌ See webkit.org/b/230225 Vendor position : unknown (concerns: device independence)
Usage (according to Chrome Platform Status)
~0.385% of page loads. More data at chromestatus.com.Web Platform Tests (WPT)
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